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Chris Gayle's stated lack of interest in the traditional form of the game has obviously been adopted as the team mantra

He's got all the shots and then some, and now he's got a bigger, better platform to showcase them on

Sometimes runs and wickets can come a little too easily. It has been the occasional passages of play that have pushed England which have had the most value

As the rain fell on a miserable second day at Chester-le-Street it provided an apt backdrop to a game that has reignited the debate about Test cricket's future. Even if the sun had shone, it's unlikely the ground would have been even half full with punter

The pitch was as bare as any in the preceding matches in the tropical Caribbean and just as heartbreaking for the bowlers

Chris Gayle is not enthralled by Test cricket, but for Ravi Bopara it holds a special place - and that's coming from a player who can also be assured of making a fortune in the Twenty20 game

To one teenager at least, Fraser made relentless application and sweaty doggedness glamorous. Almost

The following scenario may sound familiar. England are at a low ebb after a desperate winter campaign, and a new coach decides it's time to take a punt with one of the most problematic positions in the side

The momentum that carried Ravi Bopara to his second Test century was entirely unconnected to the fortunes (or lack thereof) of the England team - which is precisely why he was called into the side in the first place

When Courtney Walsh walked off The Oval arm-in-arm with his fellow fast-bowling destroyer Curtly Ambrose in 2000, West Indies had all but relinquished their long hold on the Wisden Trophy

Stats preview to the first Test between England and West Indies at Lord's

A former officer in the Royal Green Jackets, Matthew Fleming - who played 11 ODIs for England - will open a cricket camp in Afghanistan, the newest of the ICC's one-day international countries

The former England captain's new project involves hitting a paint-coated ball onto canvas

As with the Kolkata captaincy issue, the showdown between England's two big beasts, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, did not quite live up to its billing

Twenty20 captaincy feels like a lottery at times but pretty much everything Kevin Pietersen did came off. He may as well just ride the wave

Andy Flower is widely expected to be unveiled this week as England's new full-time director of cricket, having overseen the team's fortunes in an interim capacity during the recent tour of the West Indies

Ian Bell only returned from the warmer climes of the Caribbean a week ago, but had no qualms swapping his shorts and T-shirt for a beanie and three jumpers as he prepared to play for MCC at Lord's

There was one obvious reason for the disappointing climax to an otherwise heartening Digicel Series for the West Indies on Friday. It was that Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul contributed 36 runs between them

The Women's World Cup witnessed several statistical highlights. Cricinfo looks at some of the interesting numbers from the tournament

The pitches, slower at the end of Australia's summer season, aided spin but did not let the bowlers to dominate the batsmen; the two-week format allowed each side a minimum of four games